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Monday, July 09, 2007

Juana Sail?

This past weekend I made the drive down to Florida to visit the new Beau. I won't gag you with all the ridiculously cute details about what all we did except one.

Knowing the Scaredy-Cat that I am, Brian managed to coax me out onto the sound waters and go for a sail. He reassured me with, "I'll try not to let us flip over." Let me tell you, I was not exactly comforted by that assertion! We had life jackets on the boat of course, but weren't wearing them (Sorry Mom!), but I did make Brian go through the crash procedures should we happen to capsize before I would step foot on the 14-foot floating vessel.

We shoved off from shore and stepped onto either side of the smallish ship. All that powered the sailboat was the manual rudder and a rope attached to the actual sail. Depending on the combination of pull on these 2 facets determined what direction you sailed, and how fast you got there.

(*Thanks to the pics on the Juana's website, you can see a lovely picture of what the sailboats look like*)

There is nothing to hold onto, and you're sitting on the Styrofoam sides of the sailboat. I did my best to relax and trust Brian as he steered us out into the water. I eventually calmed down and was very much enjoying myself when all a sudden he hands me the rope and tells me to grab a hold of the rudder. Nervously I follow his instructions and I realize with delight that I am unexpectedly sailing! I exclaim with childish glee, "I'm sailing!" to which I then begin to giggle and remind us both aloud about a line from the classic Bill Murray movie, What About Bob? "I'm saaaaaiiiling!! Dr. Leo Marvin!! I'm saaaaiiiillliiiing!"

7 comments:

A life jacket ON THE SAILBOAT doesn't really do YOU any good--but thank goodness the SAILBOAT had one. We certainly wouldn't want the sailboat to drown.P.S.--I'm hoping your sailing partner is a great swimmer!!

And, just because I like being a part of a crowd- I'll put my two cents of randomness out there for all. Amanda... just read the details of your post and my initial thought - you knew what a rudder was?? What the heck? I think I may be disappointed. And, Cap'N Ron , can I have a run down of these "crash procedures"? I would like to know for myself, next time I am out on a 14-foot sail boat with styrofoam sides and built-in sailboat life jackets. Amanda, I must say, I'm proud of your accomplishment and would have waved you on in your journey with -"That's good, KEEP SAILING AMANDA!!"